Battle Colors Volume VI by Robert A. Watkins cradle con A major new building program

A major new building program began in the mid-1950s

Long Island was transformed from a pastoral rural community to a modern suburban behemoth by playing an integral role in the homefront of World War II

Some of these firms lasted for decades and became famed builders of historic aircraft

including all eight planets

nowhere else in America has so much aviation activity been confined to such a relatively small geographic area

Battle Colors Volume VI by Robert A. Watkins cradle con A major new building programVolume VI of the series covers the unit emblems and tactical aircraft markings of the forty eight USAAF combat groups and eight squadrons that served in the China Burma India Theater and Western Pacific Area of Operations during WWII. Additional units covered include the Chinese American Composite Wing and special AAF Air Task Forces that also served in the CBI. The three main Army Air Forces contained within this work are represented by over 1,200